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The Spider Woman Strikes Back

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

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The Spider Woman Strikes Back

"Mistress of Menace!"

1946

0h 59m

6.8(13 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

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Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Zenobia Dollard

Brenda Joyce

Brenda Joyce

Jean Kingsley

Kirby Grant

Kirby Grant

Hal Wentley

Rondo Hatton

Rondo Hatton

Mario

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Bill Stapleton

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Mr. Moore

Tom Daly

Sam Julian

Norman Leavitt

Norman Leavitt

Tom

Ruth Robinson

Mrs. Wentley (scenes deleted or never filmed)

Adda Gleason

Adda Gleason

Martha (scenes deleted or never filmed)

Creative team

Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Written by: Eric Taylor
Produced by: Howard Welsch

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